Catholic bishops are among those who have acknowledged points of tension between the Trump administration’s immigration policy and religious liberty.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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On the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great famine in Ireland that left more than 1 million people dead and began the mass exodus …
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A coalition of Catholic organizations held prayer vigils across the country on Oct. 22 for what organizers called “a national day of public witness for our immigrant brothers and sisters.”
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A Chicago-area priest is on a mission to highlight the plight of families upended by the current mass deportation efforts in the United States by making a 50-day pilgrimage — …
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ICE enforcement impacts immigrant priests, seminarians and religious in the US
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe consequence of immigration enforcement to the maximum degree, Bishop Tyson said, would mean “we have parishes without priests immediately.”
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ICE detainee killed and 2 others injured in shooting at Dallas ICE facility, officials say
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe suspected gunman died of a self-inflicted wound, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X.
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Catholic leaders acknowledge tension between Trump immigration policy, religious liberty
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe same week President Donald Trump spoke at a hearing of the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, a key Catholic bishop said some of his immigration policies …
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after immigration surrender
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonKilmar Abrego Garcia surrendered to immigration authorities in Baltimore Aug. 25 and faces possible deportation to Uganda, a country to which he has no ties.
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ICE detentions in immigration courts prompt alarm from Catholic advocates
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonTargeting immigration courts for enforcement actions means the government is in some cases, “arresting people who are complying with the law,” a priest said.
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Washington Roundup: Russia-Ukraine negotiations elusive; immigrant Miami priest wrongfully detained
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonAfter the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the talks “a road to nowhere.”
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